Reports

By Jonathan Wright UNITED NATIONS, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Some of the countries in southern Africa will probably vote for Mauritius when it challenges Sudan's claim to the African seat on the U.N. Security Council, a senior U.S. official said…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Eritrea. A summary is presented below. The complete profile can be accessed at through the Database or sent to you by…

ADDIS ABABA (Sept. 19) XINHUA - Japan has contributed 228,756 U.S. dollars to support the Organization of African Unity (OAU) peacekeeping mission to the borders between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Japanese embassy said here in a press release available Tuesday that…

SOMALIA: UN security officers attacked by gunmen Two United Nations security officers were evacuated from Merka, southern Somalia, on Tuesday after coming under attack by a group of gunmen. The two officers, one British and one Nepalese, were attacked at the…

By Rosalind Russell NAIROBI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A severe drought has left millions of Kenyans hungry or destitute but the response of the international community has been unenthusiastic, the U.N.'s special envoy to the Horn of Africa said on…

The quick response of donors, United Nations agencies, non-governmental organisations and the Ethiopian government in 1999-2000 has succeeded in avoiding a major crisis, although the situation remains precarious in southern Somali. despite the regular food deliveries and even where supplementary feeding…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The UN Security Council has said that demining the Ethiopia-Eritrea border areas would be an urgent task for the 4,200-member UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea or UNMEE besides monitoring the cease- fire between the…

Brussels, 19 September 2000, 11421/00 (Presse 317), 131/00 The European Union, referring to the agreement signed in Arusha on 28 August 2000 and to the declaration which it made on 29 August 2000: warmly welcomes the mediator's decision…

The next U.S. administration following the Clinton presidency will inherit a "heavy responsibility to maintain and expand" the close U.S.-Africa partnership that has been put in place and fostered during the past eight years, says Assistant Secretary of State for…

Bujumbura, Burundi - Le chef de l'Etat burundais, le Major Pierre Buyoya quitte mardi Bujumbura pour Nairobi (Kenya) o=F9 se tiendra mercredi, un sommet sur la cessation des hostilités au Burundi, indique t-on de sources officielles. Lundi, à l'issue d'une…